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Indian designer Neeru Goel celebrates feminine chic with a wild assortment of colorful gems. The necklace features colorful buds studded with peridot, garnet, citrine, amethyst and iolite. Safely encased in sterling silver, the translucent gems center an amethyst chain. The gemstones total over nine carats.

.925 Sterling silver

Mystical daisies blossom with petals the color of the Indian Ocean in the exquisite design of these earrings. From Shanker, the petals are crafted with five carats of intense blue iolite, also known as water sapphire. The gems are set in rhodium plated sterling silver.

Please note iolite's natural color ranges from deep blue, to violet and light blue, depending on the angle it is viewed from.

Faceted gemstones set in rhodium plated sterling silver form the petals of a delicate flower. Transformed into earrings by Shanker, the blossoms showcase natural garnet, amethyst and citrine. Peridot, iolite and rainbow moonstone join them to surround a single blue topaz.

.925 Sterling silver

Colorful gems of powerful beauty are designed to align with their respective chakras in a ring from Alok Jain. Crafted of sterling silver, the ring is crowned with amethyst, iolite, citrine, peridot, garnet, blue topaz and carnelian set within a gentle curve. Their colors correspond to a specific chakra for clear and light purple stones are associated with the 7th chakra (awareness and wisdom); the purple, violet and indigo gems with the 6th chakra (insight and perception), and the blue or light blue with the 5th, that of communication and truth. Green and pink stones are for love and compassion, linked to the heart, on the 4th chakra. For inner power and will, the 3rd chakra is associated with yellow gems, whereas emotion and sexuality are linked to red and orange gems for the 2nd chakra. Black gems are used to stimulate the 1st chakra, that of stability and security.

In Sanskrit, chakra refers to an energy vortex through which vital universal forces are channeled, and there are believed to be seven in the human body. When all seven are aligned the person feels a healthy sense of well-being.

.925 Sterling silver.